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The Hangover (2009)

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Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 217
Fresh: 170 | Rotten: 47

With a clever script and hilarious interplay among the cast, The Hangover nails just the right tone of raunchy humor, and the non-stop laughs overshadow any flaw.

Average Rating: 6.8/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 27 | Rotten: 8

With a clever script and hilarious interplay among the cast, The Hangover nails just the right tone of raunchy humor, and the non-stop laughs overshadow any flaw.

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Movie Info

A blowout Las Vegas bachelor party turns into a race against time when three hung-over groomsmen awaken after a night of drunken debauchery to find that the groom has gone missing, and attempt to get him to the alter in time for his wedding. In 48 hours, Doug is scheduled to walk down the aisle, effectively ending his reign as a rowdy bachelor. Realizing that this is their last blowout with their best friend, Doug's groomsmen organize a Sin City bachelor bash he'll never forget. The next

R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Todd Phillips

Written By: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore, Todd Phillips, Jeremy Garelick

In Theaters: Jun 5, 2009 Wide

On DVD: Dec 15, 2009

Box Office:$277.3M

Warner Bros. Pictures

You might be embarrassed by laughing at some of the silliness, but don't be: Everyone else will be cracking up, too.

June 11, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Observer

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Sara Vilkomerson

New York Observer

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The movie smells like a hit, but honestly: Helms excepted, did it need to be quite so blandly cast, or quite so lamely raunchy?

June 5, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune

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Michael Phillips

Chicago Tribune

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There is a sort of perverse brilliance or brilliant perverseness to be found in this story of a bachelor party gone terribly wrong.

June 5, 2009 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Betsy Sharkey

Los Angeles Times

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The Hangover, like the condition for which it's named, has some spirited moments, but more often it stumbles and slurs, regurgitating earlier pleasures and praying for the fog to lift.

June 5, 2009 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Rob Nelson

Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Amusing as it is, it never feels real.

June 5, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Daily News

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Joe Neumaier

New York Daily News

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Memento meets Old School? It's party time.

June 5, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Post

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Kyle Smith

New York Post

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If the movie's gleeful rush into areas of questionable comedic taste occasionally raises an eyebrow here and there, the end sequence will sear them right off.

September 29, 2011 Full Review Source: American Profile

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Neil Pond

American Profile

A younger generation is finding new stupid things to do underneath the desert sun.

August 26, 2011 Full Review Source: East Bay Express

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

Starting on Monday, Coogan and Bryden share meals . . . and what passes for conversation. When they're not insufferable, they're boring

June 27, 2011 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile

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Andrew L. Urban

Urban Cinefile

I highly recommend going into this film blind, just to keep some of the surprises from being ruined. Oh, and being a 21-year-old male will also really help you to enjoy this flick.

October 27, 2010 Full Review Source: Quickflix

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Simon Miraudo

Quickflix

The Hangover might not be top class indie pop art, but the film represents the best of what comedy can provide -- pure, unadulterated, slaphappy entertainment. And there's nothing wrong with that.

October 15, 2010 Full Review Source: IGN DVD

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R. L. Shaffer

IGN DVD

I can definitely understand why it was a humongous hit, but when all is said and done, once was enough for this partier...

August 19, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

It's good for wasting time and pondering the absurdity of not-so-random events, but not for much else.

July 15, 2010 Full Review Source: Oscar Guy

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Wesley Lovell

Oscar Guy

A fun time is had watching these three men piece together a night that never was, something of an old school detective story mixed with a heavy dose of adult humour. Better comedies have been released, yet not many as brazen as The Hangover.

July 7, 2010 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews

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Matthew Pejkovic

Matt's Movie Reviews

The Hangover doesn't contain the constant rip-roaring laughs the likes of Superbad or some of the Frat Pack's best.

April 15, 2010 Full Review Source: Fan The Fire

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Sam Bathe

Fan The Fire

Bachelor Party meets Dude, Where's My Car (and about as entertaining as the two of them averaged together.)

April 7, 2010 Full Review Source: MovieCrypt.com

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Kevin A. Ranson

MovieCrypt.com

The stupid fun of The Hangover is worth experiencing at least once. [Blu-ray]

January 15, 2010 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews

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Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews

Todd Philips, who wrote and directed Road Trip and Old Scool, wrote Borat, and even plays the coked out Israeli dude in the elevator in The Hangover, has had his finger on the pulse of modern comedy cinema for a decade.

January 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Bangitout.com

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Jordan Hiller

Bangitout.com

Quite entertaining as an entry in this tried-and-true genre of "guys going on a inadvertent wacky adventure," and I like how this one is set up as a kind of mystery.

December 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Window to the Movies

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Jeffrey Chen

Window to the Movies

The real underlying message of The Hangover, as in most of Phillips' films, is that women are shrews, whores and/or fools-though Galifinakis is the only one to deal with the homoerotic subtext within the male bonding.

December 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Examiner.com

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Adam Lippe

Examiner.com

Look at the bright side: It's in high definition, and Tom Green's not in it. (Blu-ray Extreme Edition)

December 15, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis

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John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

works not because it is a comedy, but because its unimpressive comedic content is framed by much more interesting detective story

December 15, 2009 Full Review Source: Draxblog Movie Reviews

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Dragan Antulov

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Funny, yes, but chock-full of alcohol-fueled adult content.

December 14, 2009 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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James Rocchi

Common Sense Media

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Laughed throughout this whole movie. a great cast that just has a great time and you can see it. 5 stars easy!!

June 29, 2009

John Manard

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I didn't want to love The Hangover, I dont like it when I hear a lot of people call movies like this, one of the best ever made. But, to be honest this was much funnier then I thought it would be. The Hangover has no flaws, raunchy humour and fun quotable lines.

October 28, 2011

Directors Cat

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The Hangover Quotes

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1. Stu: The ring I'm gonna give to Melissa. You remember, my grandmother's Holocaust ring.
2. Alan: I didn't know they give out rings at the Holocaust...
– Submitted by Daniel K (1 day ago)
1. Phil: What happened last night?
– Submitted by Jed G (13 days ago)
1. Officer Franklin: Shut that baby up! Shut that baby up!
– Submitted by Laura D (32 days ago)
1. Officer Franklin: Not up in here!
– Submitted by Austin W (2 months ago)
1. Alan: [while picking up Phil at the school where he works] Did you have to park so close?
2. Doug: Doug Billings: Yeah, what's wrong?
3. Alan: I shouldn't be here.
4. Doug: Why is that, Alan?
5. Alan: I'm not supposed to be within two hundred feet of a school...or a Chuck E. Cheese.
– Submitted by Alec S (3 months ago)

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